Living in Europe, I always thought my birthday is a special day but turns out everybody close to me is not especially nicer they just have the habit to tell ‘happy birthday’ and offer some gift sometimes.
Ask HN: How do you celebrate your birthday?
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#2I like to go for a run of length = age-in-years km's :)
Re: Ask HN: How do you celebrate your birthday?
#3I like to go for a run of length = age-in-years km's :)
That’s gonna be tough when you turn 80…
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#4I have a nicer than usual meal and buy myself an expensive toy.
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#5The wife and I take the day off on each other’s birthdays and do a small outing together
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#6I use it as an excuse to get the friends together for dinner and often games after.
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#7I don't celebrate it, and I don't want anything special to happen. I tend to get somewhat melancholic about this token day, marking another year of life has gone, an entire year less left. I find that I get more so if celebrating it and left tired in the evening.. So I just prefer to ignore it and try not to think about it.
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#8I'm 30 now, me and my friends still try to come together for birthdays, have dinner, go to a club, etc. Just an excuse for a nice get-together / party. Sometimes we give each other gifts (if we can think of something nice to give).
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#9For kids, birthdays are a big deal (and I enjoyed mine). As an adult, I’m happy to wish my friends HBD (and to get the same), but the particular angular alignment of the earth and sun doesn’t seem such a big deal otherwise.
I’d rather those close to me act consistently nice rather than having 1 day be noticeably better than the other 364.
Re: Ask HN: How do you celebrate your birthday?
#10Happy Birthday :)